projects 2002/3

Session recording with guitarist Paul Shigihara´s "One world Club" , Mark Walker USA (drums), Mario Agandoña Chile (perc), Michael Heupel (flute), Martin Gjakonovski Mazedonien (bass).

Continuation of the CD recording with Kamal Ben Hicham (also see september/october 2003)

I am currently coproducing a demo for singer songwriter Françoise Yagapen from Mauritius with Gerd Krenz.

Double CD production with classical pianist Jeffrey Marcus from New York. Oevres from Haydn (variations f-minor), Beethoven (7 bagatelles op.33, Sonata 21 C-major, op.53), and Chopin (Barcarole op.60, Etude F-major op.25, no.3, Nocturne F-major op.15, no.1, and Polonaise-Fantasie op.61) were recorded on a 100-year-old Blüthner grand piano in the wonderful ambience of the Fitz-Ritter winery www.fitz-ritter.com. A live concert of the same repertoire was also recorded in the lutheran church of Wachenheim.

CD production with singer/songwriter Kamal Ben Hicham from Marocco for the world music label of the Deutsche Welle (german national radio). Contributing musicians (among others): Dave King, Emanuel Stanley, Volker Heinze, Josef Kirschgen, Michael Küttner, Hans Lüdemann, Sergio Terán, Willi Raabe, Simo Qzibri, Ramón Gorigoitia, Michael Heupel.

Live concert recording of the National Orchester of Lawyers in the "Krönungssaal" (coronation halll of Charlemagne), Aachen.
Program: Beehoven, Sympohnie Nr. 1, op.21; W.A. Mozart, concert for french horn and orchestra, KV 495; Lieder und Arien from W.A. Mozart, Schubert, Dvorak and Puccini. Soloists: Stefan Dohr, french horn (Berlin Philharmonics); Anja Frank, soprano.

Mixing part 1-3 of the radioplay "Oblomov" by Iwan Gontscharow, a masterpiece of russian literature. Director: Leo Koppelmann, production: WDR.
Braodcast:
Part 1: WDR 5, 13.10.03, 20:05
Part 2: WDR 5, 20.10.03, 20:05
Part 3: WDR 5, 27.10.03, 20:05

Recording and mixing of the composition "The death and a girl" from Wolfgang Schmidkte.
Musicians: Wolfgang Schmidtke, saxophone; Claudio Puntin, clarinette; Markus Stockhausen, trumpet; Christian Thomé, drums; Harald Ellers, bass; Auryn Quartett, strings.

Peter Erskine (drums), Bill Dobbins (piano) and John Goldsby (bass) got together for a CD production in studio 4 of the WDR. A co-production from Peter Erskine´s label Fuzzy Music (L.A.) www.fuzzymusic.com and the WDR/Cologne. Recording and mix.

Recording and mix of the radioplay "I love my india" from Nadja Schastra with actress Cosma Shiva Hagen www.the-berliner.com and actor Max Urlacher. Director, Thomas Wolfertz, assistent director, Felix Partenzi. Broadcast: 17.06.03 WDR 1 live 23:00..

CD-production for the munich based jazz label act-music www.act-music.de in the monastery St. Gerold/Austria with composer/bassclarinetist Michael Riessler, vocal ensemble Singer Pur www.singerpur.de and cellist Vincent Courtois from Paris. Original Chorals, Madrigales and worldly chants dating back to the renaissance area served Michael Riessler as a reference for his jazz composition and improvisation.

Surround- und Stereomix of the production "Flicker" by composer Carsten Schulz for the studio of acoustic art. WDR/Cologne.

Recording and mix ot the radioplay "Revenge" by Jon Ewo. Director: Leo Koppelmann. Music: Johann Daansen (guitar), Werner Kopal (bass) und Jürgen Zöller (drums).

Demo produktion with swiss band koova www.koova.com in Zurich/Switzerland. Basic track recordings in the "luxury-rehearsal room". Jan (drums), Mat (bass) and Brigitte Angerhausen... :-)

Recording and mixing the composition "Berenice" written by clarinatist Michael Riessler for the "Studio of Acoustic Art" with the musicians Pierre Charial-Organ, Jean-Pierre Drouet-"table-percussion", Elise Caron-voice from Paris.

Final mixes for the Demo production with Charles Womack.

Demo production with the swiss band koova www.koova.com in Zurich/Switzerland.

Voice recordings for the radioplay "the wings of madness". Among others with german actress Martina Gedeck (Bella Martha). Director: Joerg Schlueter.

Mixing the radio play "The bandits from the Liang Shan moor" series 5 and 6 at WDR Studio 6, director: Martin Zylka, Assistant director: Sven Töniges, Editing: Elkte Tratnik.

Preproduction and two live concert recordings with the WDR Big Band, Nichlas Payton (band leader, tp), Tim Warfield (sax) und Adonis Rose (drums). "New Orleans - the crescent city" Philharmonie, Köln (19.12.2002) und Zeche Zollverein, Essen (20.12.2002) www.wdr.de/radio/orchester/big_band/

Recording and mixing. Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) plays 3 songs from his current CD live for the program "Soundfiles" on WDR2. (broadcast 10/3/2002)

Toots Thielemanns (Belgium) with the WDR Big Band and Danny Gottlieb (USA) on drums at the Philharmonic Orchestra Hall, Cologne, bandleader Hank Meutgeert (Netherlands). Live concert recording at the Philharmonic Orchestra Hall in addition to studio recordings, mix for broadcast on 10/13/2002.

Recording of the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven with the WDR Symphonic Orchestra, Conductor Semyon Bychkov (Russia) at the Philharmonic Orchestra Hall, Cologne